Friday, October 10, 2014

Rebekah Ganiere's here with some Halloween cheer!

Rebekah: Hi! I'm Rebekah R. Ganiere and I'm a Paranormal Romance, Urban
Fantasy, Fantasy Romance writer. My zombie romance Dead Awakenings released in
January. Red The Were Hunter, the first book in my Fantasy Romance series
released in April and Snow The Vampire Slayer, the second book in that series
released in September. My Dystopian Paranormal Romance Reign of the Vampires is
released Nov. 17 through Lyrical Kensington J I'm a SAHM of four wonderful kids, an English
bulldog named Diesel, three tortoises, two bearded dragons, a rabbit and an
escape snake.

Cate: What do you love most about Halloween?

Rebekah: What don't I love? Halloween is my favorite holiday ever! I go
all out with decorations and costumes! I love the spooky, creepy, cosplay fun
of it all!

Cate: A woman after my own heart, lol Do you have a favorite memory of a Halloween past?

Rebekah: Hmmm… I don't know. I love all Halloweens. I think the last
few have been my favorite because I haven’t had any sick kids and we've gotten
to go around trick or treating with great friends and just have fun.

Cate: Have you ever had an unusual experience you couldn’t explain?

Rebekah: Yes, but not on Halloween. I was driving from Utah to Idaho
in the middle of the desert and suddenly out of nowhere, with no sound at all, a
bright light shone through my sunroof, like a search light and then it
vanished. It was super creepy!

Cate: Yikes! That does sound creepy. What frightens you the most?

Rebekah: Spiders and bugs. And I'm not a fan of horror movies that are
people being mean and sick to other people. That frightens me most. Give me
Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies any day of the week! It's people that scare me
most.

Cate: Ever gone on a ghost tour? Or ghost hunting on your own?

Rebekah: Nope. No thank you! I watch Supernatural and that is as close
as I'll ever get to ghost hunting!

Cate: lol Any favorite Halloween recipes you’d care to share?

Rebekah: I have seen so many cute ones on Pinterest. I really like to
make sluggy looking punch with floating eyeballs. And I like making chocolates
that look like witch fingers and skeleton fingers. Those are fun.

Cate: Tell us about your latest release, and where readers can find it
online.

Rebekah: My latest release is Snow the Vampire Slayer. It came out on Sept. 22nd. It is the second book in my
Fairelle Series. A series of fairytale retellings. The first award winning book
in the series Red the Were Hunter, released in April. Snow Gwyn is the sister
of seven Vampire Slaying brothers. Sage is the deposed vampire prince in exile.
Two people who should hate each other can't help but fall in love. It can be
found on: Amazon, BN, Kobo & ARE

Cate: Care to share a blurb or excerpt?

Rebekah:

Snow stepped outside and the hairs rose on her neck. A feeling of being
watched overcame her. She wasn’t
alone. In the two years she'd been coming to the cabin she hadn’t seen so much
as a squirrel at night. The grasslands of her home were relatively sheltered
from the wildness of Fairelle.

Her gaze swept the wooded area for predators. She dashed for the glade,
and retrieved her sword, her palm burning where she grasped the hilt.

"Who's there?" she called.

No answer.

A chill ran down her spine and she swung the other direction. She
should've brought her bow. Had Father taught her nothing?

"I know you're out there. Show yourself." Adrenaline coursed
through her at the prospect of an imminent fight. Her heartbeat quickened and
her skin flushed with heat. Her fingers twitched and her gaze swept the area.

A rustle in the trees by her cabin caught her attention and a tall,
well-built man stepped out of the shadows.

"Who are you?” She pointed her sword at him. “What are you doing
in my glade?"

"Your glade? I was under the impression that this glade belonged
to no one."

She swallowed hard. Legally this was not her land, but by rights of her
having claimed the abandoned cabin, this was practically her own backyard.

"Why are you out at such an hour, girl? Should you not be at home
in bed, instead of playing swords?"

"I am no girl. And I have trained with swords since I was young.
Besides, what matter is it to you what I do?" Who did this man think he
was talking to her the way her brothers would?

The man shrugged and moved closer still. "True. It is not my
business what you do. But what kind of man would I be were I not concerned for
the wellbeing of a lovely maiden, alone, in a glade, near dawn?" He
brushed his long, blond hair from his face.

He'd called her lovely. Her cheeks heated and her heart thundered in
her chest as he circled her. It had been a long time since a man had called her
lovely. His tall, broad-shouldered frame moved with the precision of a cat.

He stopped and examined a dummy. "What are you doing out at this
hour?" he asked again.

Thoughts of secret rendezvous and kisses in the moonlight flitted into
her mind. She shook her head. She retreated a step. What was she thinking? She
was far from home and her brothers were unaware she was gone. Her loneliness
must run deeper than even she knew to be thinking such things.

He glanced at her, his bright blue eyes flashing in the moonlight.
"Did you make these?"

She squared her shoulders. "What if I did?"

"Impressive. For a lady." He poked the dummy in the face.
"Personally, I like to stroll at night, when everyone still sleeps. It's
like seeing the world as it was meant to be."

Her sword drooped a fraction. He
felt the same way?

"You should go." She raised her sword again.

He watched her with an intensity that made her shiver involuntarily.
She backed up a pace. Midnight rendezvous were fanciful in storybooks, but in
real life they rarely ended well. Trusting a stranger was not only reckless, it
was stupid, and she wasn't stupid.

"I'm not going to hurt you, love." He put up his hands and
smiled. His pearly white teeth shone.

"Don’t' call me 'love'."

Cate: Love it :) What inspired you to write about the theme?

Rebekah: I've always love fairytales from the time I was young. The
brothers Grimm were truly amazing writers. About 10 years ago there was a
miniseries called The 10th Kingdom and in it all the fairytales lived in
adjoining kingdoms. I thought that was such a cool idea, so that's what sparked
the idea for the nine book series.

All of my characters live in Fairelle and they all know each other
through one connection or another. Sage the vampire prince from Snow the
Vampire Slayer was in the first book Red the Were Hunter. Belle, from Belle and
the Beast, which is book 5, is best friends with Snow from book 2. Cinder The
Fae, which is book 4, has known both Snow's family as well as characters from
later books for a long time as well. So it was a lot of fun to come up with
that.

Cate: Very cool. Anything else you’d like to share?

Rebekah: It was great to be here! Thanx so much for having me and keep
an eye open for my first Novella in the Fairelle Series releasing on my
birthday Dec. 3rdJ

Cate: Thanks for joining the party, Rebekah! Hope you and your family have a fun Halloween!